Giants, Red Sox Near Jake Peavy DealBy Charlie Wilmoth [July 26, 2014 at 10:07am CDT]10:06am: The Red Sox are “close” to trading Peavy to the Giants, Rosenthal and Jon Morosi report (via Twitter), although there are still details to be ironed out before the deal is done.

[object HTMLDivElement] Peavy , with his 4.00 plus ERA did not help all that much. It is an exaggeration to say that he helped win a World Series. Trading him for second rate prospects, while eating salary shows that he does not have much value. At least it makes room for Ranaudo or Workman.